{"id":35982,"date":"2017-01-08T00:42:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T07:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=35982"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:14:38","slug":"israeli-opera-lucia-di-lammermoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=35982","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star-crossed lovers, madness and tartan-clad Scots feature in the next opera to be performed in Tel Aviv. After opening the current season with an excellent production of Bellini\u2019s Norma, the Israel Opera continues in the bel canto tradition with Donizetti\u2019s <em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35985\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-43-520x434.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-43-520x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-43-520x434.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-43-520x434-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia di Lammermoor\/Photo: Yossi Zwecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opera is based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott, <em>The Bride of Lammermoor<\/em>, in which Lucy Ashton falls in love with Edgar, the scion of a rival Scottish clan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35986\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-9-584x420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-9-584x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-9-584x420.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-9-584x420-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia di Lammermoor\/Photo: Yossi Zwecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lucia is one of those operas in which you cannot imagine removing a single note: every scene, every sentence blends into the next seamlessly, and it always leaves you wanting more. The drama rushes forward with love duets, angry operatic shouting matches and the famous Lucia sextet, all the way to the climactic Mad Scene, followed by Edgardo\u2019s final, perfectly formed farewell aria.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35987\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-114-584x378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-114-584x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-114-584x378.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-114-584x378-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia di Lammermoor\/Photo: Yossi Zwecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Lucia<\/em> is one of the greatest tests for a soprano, most famously the Mad Scene \u2013 fifteen minutes of technically and dramatically demanding music. We will see two singers prove their mettle in this role: Maria Jose Moreno in her Israeli Opera debut, and beloved Israeli star Hila Baggio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35988\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-160-584x415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-160-584x415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-160-584x415.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Luciarun2-\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9-\u05e6\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8-160-584x415-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia di Lammermoor\/Photo: Yossi Zwecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the conductor\u2019s pit will be Daniele Callegari, who conducted <em>Un Ballo in Maschera<\/em> in 2014. Emilio Sagi, who directed last year\u2019s <em>Marriage of Figaro<\/em>, will return for this production. Regular guest stars Alexei Dolgov and Salvatore Cordella will sing Edgardo. Mario Cassi and Ionut Pascu will sing Enrico.<\/p>\n<p>Performances of Lucia begin January 17 and continue until February 3. As usual, you can enhance your operagoing experience by attending the pre-performance lectures and Opera Talkback sessions after the show, on select dates.<\/p>\n<p>For more details and for ticket purchases, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.israel-opera.co.il<\/a> or call 03-692-7777.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star-crossed lovers, madness and tartan-clad Scots feature in the next opera to be performed in Tel Aviv. After opening the current season with an excellent production of Bellini\u2019s Norma, the Israel Opera continues in the bel canto tradition with Donizetti\u2019s Lucia di Lammermoor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":35985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}